Im mostly doing quests ok thats actually all im doing and here is what I have found. It seems to me that although ya it sucks ASS to go and get 60 fucking ears I more then make up for it with my killing power So that being said sure one char can easily collect 15 ears I can kill something in two hits so its actually evens out. I will probably go and do some instances some just to get a feel of them and give that a shot. but seriously the ONLY quest that I have skipped thus far is the one in Coldera for collecting the berries. So its really not that bad IMHO. Ill keep you updated =)